Infrastructure (web space, email, irc, git, etc.)
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2019 9:52 pm
I noticed that in another thread (This one) that payment for the web server may become an issue.
That got me worried about this project. What if payments for the hosting stop all of a sudden and the website and forum are taken down? Are frequent backups made? Is there a plan B for the website? After all, the website is the project's face to the world and the forum is the main support infrastructure (IRC sends you here if you have questions).
Also, there's no contact email address on the website. Is that deliberate? Could one be registered with the hosting provider of the website? Isn't it better to collect donations via (for example) paypal and pay for hosting that way?
That got me worried about this project. What if payments for the hosting stop all of a sudden and the website and forum are taken down? Are frequent backups made? Is there a plan B for the website? After all, the website is the project's face to the world and the forum is the main support infrastructure (IRC sends you here if you have questions).
Also, there's no contact email address on the website. Is that deliberate? Could one be registered with the hosting provider of the website? Isn't it better to collect donations via (for example) paypal and pay for hosting that way?